java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException while building a simple android app using Android Studio

Question

I downloaded the Android Studio and trying to build a simple Login Activity. But the Make Project fails with this error.

Environment: Windows 7 64 bit

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Gradle: trouble writing output: java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException: SHA-1 MessageDigest not available

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• What went wrong: Execution failed for task ':MyApp:dexDebug'.

  Running C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-studio\sdk\build-tools\android-4.2.2\dx.bat failed. See output

  Try:

  Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

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I have made sure the Gradle zip was downloaded and installed properly

Any hints what else should I check for?

Answer 1

I was using IBM JDK. Switching to Sun/Oracle JDK fixed the problem.